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Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...communication. [skills diagram] Therefore, having a broad knowledge and experience base, plus a range of skills that can be used in a wide variety of settings, offers more opportunities in the world of work. How could you assess and improve your current skills? Most people already have some of these skills and attributes, often known as ‘transferrable’ and ‘soft’...
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Article 10 mins
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...community could pick up if there’s someone in the household in a caring role. Practical recommendations that will help ensure the effectiveness of support services. These include various forms of social and community support for carers which can be adapted for a changed world. For example, although the evidence strongly supports the value of peer support, it has been...
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The Partition of British India: Timeline
History & The Arts

The Partition of British India: Timeline

...communal riots. Muslim leaders begin to move away from Congress as it comes under mounting pressure from Hindu-interest organisations not to make concessions to Muslim political demands. As the prospect for further constitutional reforms emerges, Congress adopts a report calling for an end to separate electorates and for limiting Muslim representation in any future...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...community for people to pay their last respect to their dead before the burial ceremonies. I am recounting the story to highlight my passion for human rights and equality. I would later discover what led to my discovery in the river and will not delve into this. The incident helped me to realise that human rights were not abstract aspirations, but real. This experience...
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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace

...community, that vote for policing is described as the “landmark event” - the “pivotal moment” in the new approach of the Provisional Movement; a confirmation that the war was over. There were, and still are, complicated, divisive issues to be resolved: The presence and role of MI5 in ‘national security’, housed in a headquarters at Palace Barracks in Holywood....
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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...communities? Embodied differences Let’s start with embodied or embodiment. To embody is to represent an idea or quality exactly, and in relation to the body, whereas embodiment is the process or state of living in a body. Our bodies are uniquely connected to our sense of self, but also how we relate to or understand our social world. How we move through and interact...
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...community, I am pessimistic that the typical government and individual plans or responses to our ongoing cybersecurity concerns actually will lead to meaningful improvements. For decades, this cycle has repeated itself. First, a high-profile incident occurs – like the two massive Yahoo hacks revealed in 2016 or the even more damaging breach of federal employee data...
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Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...communicating (texting, instant messaging), sharing (blogs), searching (Google), reporting (camera use) and socialising (social networking sites such as Snapchat or Facebook). This campsite scenario has helped us define exactly what we are investigating. The questions now are what makes digital technology so compelling and motivating to use? And are we raising a new...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs